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Surge in young Londoners using shisha cafes raised in Parliament as MPs vote on tobacco sales ban

Cities of London and Westminster Tory MP Nickie Aiken sounded the alarm over the growing trend

Evening Standard

Who were the prominent Tory MPs to oppose Sunak’s smoking ban?

Ministers and ex-ministers – some seen as having leadership ambitions – who voted against the bill include Badenoch and Braverman

The Guardian - UK

Tory rebellion against Sunak smoking ban rekindles leadership talk

Prospective contenders Badenoch, Braverman, Jenrick and Mordaunt abstained or voted against the ban

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MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over policy

Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain

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Hilary Cass warns Kemi Badenoch over risks of conversion practices ban

Leading paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass says any new law must avoid creating problems for professionals

The Guardian - UK

Legal assessment of Israel’s actions in Gaza risks being subsumed in Tory row

Conservative supporters of Israel want David Cameron to dial back criticism and accept defeat of Hamas is in UK’s interest

The Guardian - UK

Changing Tory leader could result in even larger Labour landslide, new poll shows

Labour lead would soar to 24 points if Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman became leader according to Opinium poll

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Kemi Badenoch should value diversity schemes. Attacking them does wonders for her career

The equalities minister knows the Tory anti-woke sweet spot, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Who will be the next Tory leader? It's best to start with the F word...

“Stop messing around” was Kemi Badenoch’s forthright advice to desperate Tory backbenchers, flirting with a Hail Mary leader switch before the election. The ex-defence secretary, Ben Wallace, who speaks as if addressing a slightly dim Army platoon, put the same thought just more pessimistically, as he urged colleagues to set…

Evening Standard

Ben Wallace tells Tory rebels it is ‘too late’ to replace Rishi Sunak before the election

The former Defence Secretary told the Tories to ‘get on with it’

Evening Standard

Sunak and Badenoch put on united front in face of high-level fawning

With continuing talk of a leadership challenge, PM and business secretary have little to say at stage-managed praise-filled event

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Rishi Sunak is safe – so long as Tory plotters cannot agree on a unity candidate

Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse?

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak hints the Tories would accept another £5 million from racism storm donor Frank Hester

The PM’s delay in branding the donor’s outburst as racist has added to disquiet among some Tory MPs over his leadership

Evening Standard

It’s too late to replace Sunak so Tories must ‘march towards the sound of the guns’, Ben Wallace says – as it happened

Former defence secretary tells colleagues there is no alternative to Rishi Sunak and to ‘get on with’ preparing for an election

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Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch

Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester

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Frank Hester racism row: how key figures reacted to remarks about Diane Abbott

Tory donor has been widely condemned over racist and misogynistic comments about prominent black MP

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Black Britons fear for Diane Abbott after a millionaire’s call for violence

A top Tory donor said the veteran politician, affectionately called ‘Auntie Di’ by her supporters, should be shot.

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UK embarks on post-Brexit trade talks with Turkey

Talks offer ‘huge opportunities’ but come at a delicate time after Ankara held up Sweden’s accession to Nato

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From ‘move on’ to ‘racist and wrong’: how the Tory line on Frank Hester shifted

An incoherent response to the donor’s remarks has raised questions about Rishi Sunak’s political nous

The Guardian - UK

Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott ‘racist and wrong’, No 10 says

Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP

Evening Standard

OPINION - Stonewall has a terrible grip on British public life

Quite how needful it was for equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to tell public bodies to pull the plug on their connection with Stonewall, the pernicious, ubiquitous campaigning group, can be seen in its latest accounts.

Evening Standard

Brexit: Minister hails closer ties with Texas but no free trade deal with US or India

‘This Conservative government’s cowboy trade policy is shooting the British public in the foot,’ says Lib-Dem Sarah Olney as ministers boast of better links with Texas but no post-Brexit free trade deal with America

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Michelle Donelan case highlights perils for politicians who pick fights online

Some of the Tories’ ‘anti-woke warriors’ seem unaware that protection of speech in parliament does not extend to social media

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Sunak refuses to say how abolition of national insurance would be funded – as it happened

PM says ‘people trust me on these things’ and refuses to be drawn on whether government would forgo entire £46bn raised from measure

The Guardian - UK

It’s Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office, the show where ministers sweep everything under the carpet

Whatever the truth in the latest ‘he said, she said’ row, one thing’s clear: the government has no intention of tackling this institutional rot, says barrister Sam Fowles

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